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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On board, Jim witnesses a drunken man verbally abusing the captain. Who is the drunkard?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The navigator.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The first mate.

2. What is the name of the nautical assessor who is presiding over the inquiry and who captains a steel steamer?
(a) Marlow.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Jones.
(d) Brierly.

3. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?
(a) They are furious.
(b) They are happy.
(c) They are curious.
(d) They are sad.

4. After traveling throughout the land with a famous Dutch traveler, where does Stein eventually make his home?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Greece.
(c) Athens.
(d) Celebes.

5. What kind of ship finds the listing Patna?
(a) A schooner.
(b) A gunboat.
(c) A tugboat.
(d) A cutter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house where Jim and Marlow spend an evening talking during the inquiry?

2. In his room while writing letters for Jim, what does Marlow expect to hear when Jim steps out on the balcony?

3. How many lifeboats are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?

4. Where is Stein born?

5. While the captain and the other two men discuss what their "story" will be, what job is assigned to Jim?

(see the answer key)

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